What products do you think are way too pricey for what they are?

For me, the first thing that comes to mind is games. Any all all games...board or gaming system. We won at my son's school the game Guess Who. It is a cute fun little game, and I was going to buy it for some of the kids on my list last Christmas. But it is literally two pieces of plastic and think little tiny cards, and it is over $15.

So what is on your list of over-priced?

Lotion. I mean, I know there are some better than others, but damn....I just paid damn near $7 for a big bottle of Jergens the other day.

Books. Especially reprints. Paperbacks that used to cost $1.25 that now go for $6.95

1 liter soda. The funny part is how the 2 liters are cheaper at the supermarket.

I think milk is getting more and more expensive.

Athletic footwear.

All Apple products.

TV's are way too expensive, a good one is gonna run at least $400. Strange how TVs are high but the cost of computers is lowering.

I am a proud cheapskate. I could more likely list what I don't think is overpriced.

AtownPeep wrote:TV's are way too expensive, a good one is gonna run at least $400. Strange how TVs are high but the cost of computers is lowering.

Think so? The price of TV's and HDTV have gone down dramatically. It's not hard to find a really good deal on a HDTV and it's not hard getting one for under $400.

GAS, Games, DVDs, CDs, books, electronics

Just about everything. I went into a convenience store today to check out the scratch off tickets, got my mother a cupcake there because it's her birthday, and we're having the party on Saturday and we don't want to get sick of white cake before we have to make another one, and one cupcake, not even a very big one, $1.40, an entire cake mix doesn't cost that. Of course I know in convenience stores EVERYTHING is higher, $1.10 for a roll of Menthos, unbelievable, and yeah, milk is now $4.50 a gallon at the regular store so we go to Dollar General to get it for $3.85.

And speaking from a woman's point of view, pads are getting more expensive too, every couple months they go up a quarter so you don't notice it, but they've about doubled from what they were only a few years ago. I don't know if this is just to get more money out of it or to make women buy tampons more because I don't know if the price has gone up on tampons, but I just get generic now.

Oh, and speaking of generic though, how much do pregnancy tests usually cost? $10? $14? At Dollar General they have a brand of pregnancy tests, $2, now wouldn't you feel assured with that?

Candy bars are getting very expensive too, especially the good ones, you know they put Hershey and KitKat on sale but never Crunch or Heath or Caramello, never anything good.

1 liter pops are too expensive. They cost $1.99 at the gas station I go to.

Marc™ wrote:1 liter pops are too expensive. They cost $1.99 at the gas station I go to.

What's funny is that I notice that at the supermarket, you can buy a two liter for less than what a one liter costs at the gas station or party store.

Chris wrote:

Marc™ wrote:1 liter pops are too expensive. They cost $1.99 at the gas station I go to.

What's funny is that I notice that at the supermarket, you can buy a two liter for less than what a one liter costs at the gas station or party store.

A funny thing is that to buy a what, 24 ounce bottle of soda from the vending machine at the store, it costs $1.50, at the gas station's convenience store, you get the 32 ounce drinks for $1.09, and now on Fridays they're only 70 cents here. Go figure.

Cell phone service.

Let me specifically single out the average price of movie tickets. There are some good deals to be found if you're willing to go at less than ideal times, but 10 bucks for a regular show is absurd.

Rockbird wrote:All Apple products.

Those are just stupid high. No way.